Pagan Religious Visitor

Serco: HMP Thameside, London SE28 0FJ
Permanent, Part Time (8 hours p/w)
£7,135.26 pa + LWA £1,300 pa pro rata
 
Ready to impact a better future?
As a Pagan Chaplain in our Chaplaincy Team, you’ll support people through some of the most meaningful and challenging moments of their lives. You’ll help create opportunities for reflection, connection and faith based support inside the prison community, contributing to a calmer, safer and more positive environment for everyone.
You’ll play an important role in ensuring people of all faiths, beliefs and none can access pastoral care that’s respectful, inclusive and grounded in compassion. Your work will help individuals find stability, meaning and personal growth — creating a positive impact on the future for those in our care and the communities they return to.
 
What you’ll do as a Pagan Chaplain
You’ll be entrusted to:
•    Act as a faith and belief adviser, offering pastoral care and spiritual welfare to prisoners, colleagues and families. 
•    Facilitate and deliver opportunities for worship, meditation, study and religious programmes.
•    Contribute to the development of local policy, procedures and best practice within the Chaplaincy.
•    Mentor and support chaplains and volunteers, including after incidents.
•    Plan and lead worship, meditation, prayer and Pagan faith specific meetings.
•    Provide pastoral care and support people in crisis situations.
•    Coordinate services provided by contractors and volunteers.
•    Acquire and distribute appropriate religious literature, supplies and materials.
•    Support the organisation and delivery of Faith Awareness Training for colleagues.
•    Take responsibility for your own spiritual wellbeing, including time for prayer, study and retreat.
•    Attend relevant meetings and contribute as a chair or team member.
•    Undertake administration, data collection and reporting related to targets and service delivery.
 
Does this sound like you?

A little bit about us:
At Serco, everyone plays a vital part in delivering essential public services that make a real difference. As a global team of 50,000 people across Defence, Transport, Justice, Immigration, Healthcare, Leisure and Citizen Services, we’re united by a shared purpose: to improve the services that communities rely on. Guided by our values of Trust, Care, Innovation and Pride, our people make meaningful impact, every single day.
 
Our inclusive recruitment commitment:
We prioritise your skills and potential. As a Disability Confident Leader, the Top Great British Employer of Veterans 2026, and a Gold Inclusive Employer Standard holder, we champion equal opportunities for all. We offer flexible and hybrid working where possible and make reasonable adjustments throughout recruitment and employment.

• Guaranteed Interview Scheme: Applicants with disabilities, veterans and people with convictions, who meet the minimum job criteria, are guaranteed an interview. Simply opt into the relevant scheme on the application form.
• Ban The Box: We also support fair access for those with unspent criminal convictions through our ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some roles may have security exemptions).

For support with your application, please contact recruitmentuk@serco.com.